/*
 * Copyright 2011 Christoph Ludwig (christoph[at]chludwig.de). All rights reserved.
 *
 * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
 * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
 * You may obtain a copy of the License at
 *
 *     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
 *
 * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
 * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
 * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
 * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
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 */

package de.chludwig.ehumanities.provenance.jaxb;

import javax.ws.rs.core.MediaType;

/**
 * Class that converts Strings to UUIDs and vice versa.
 */
public class MediaTypeConverter {
  
  /**
   * Convert a string into a MediaType instance.
   * @param val a string that is parseable as a MediaType.
   * @return a MediaType instance <code>m</code> such that <code>m.toString().equals(val)</code>.  
   */
  public static MediaType fromString(String val) {
    return MediaType.valueOf(val);
  }
  
  /**
   * Convert a MediaType instance into a String representation.
   * @param val the media type to be converted.
   * @return a String <code>s</code> such that <code>MediaType.valueOf(s).equals(val)</code>.
   */
  public static String printToString(MediaType val) {
    return val.toString();
  }

}
